[Scan-DC] Unknown Aircraft Situation

[Dewey]

Whatever it was, it looks like they had to get another aircraft in
Charlotte.  There is no record of the continued flight of AAL874 from KIAD
(at least so far).  I have seen in the past when an aircraft is diverted,
you will eventually see the flight from the alternate airport to the
originally intended airport since they still have to file a flight plan.
Yet, the second leg of the flight is on its way to South America, albeit, a
takeoff almost an hour later than originally scheduled.

-----Original Message-----
From: Scan-DC [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Thomas
P. Clouse
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2015 10:05
To: Thomas J. Dalrymple
Cc: Scan-DC
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Unknown Aircraft Situation

probably doing a tower fly-by to get one of the controllers to give
a visual on the landing gear. May have blow a tire on takeoff.

On Saturday, April 18, 2015, Thomas J. Dalrymple <tjdalrymple at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From the radar track, he was lined up with the runway, and turned left
> after passing the Wilson Bridge. If I'm reading the flight log
> correctly, he was as low as 1000 feet before turning and climbing.
> Spent another 30 minutes in the air before landing.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Mary and Bob Jeter <904jeter at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > In that case it's not a good idea to return to DCA with it's short
> runways.
> > Right after take off airplane is at it's heaviest and requires more
> runway
> > to land than as if it had burned off fuel such as would be the case upon
> > arrival at destination.
> >  IAD was always the take off alternate when I was flying.
> > Long runways, no water at the ends, services for pax and airplane.
> >
> >
> > On 4/18/2015 9:36 AM, Dewey wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks.  I listened to the archives, and whatever emergency it was, it
> >> happened almost immediately after takeoff.  Once he declared the
> >> emergency,
> >> he ended just about all of his transmissions with "emergency".  Sounds
> >> like
> >> this is one of those recommendations that comes from recommendations
> after
> >> critical events, such as, when Avianca 52 went down in New York (1990)
> for
> >> fuel starvation because the pilots didn't immediately make the severity
> of
> >> their situation known.
> >>
> >> Dewey
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Scan-DC [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <javascript:;>]
> On Behalf Of Thomas
> >> J. Dalrymple
> >> Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2015 09:09
> >> To: Scan-DC
> >> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Unknown Aircraft Situation
> >>
> >> He's landed.  From Flightaware, it looks like he circled around to
> >> return to DCA, then diverted to Dulles.
> >>
> >> On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Dewey <dewey3 at gmail.com
<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> American 874
> >>
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